Abstract: An information processing apparatus detecting presence or absence of abnormality of a vacuum pump derived from a product produced within a target vacuum pump, including: a determination unit configured to determine a normal variation range or a normal time variation behavior of a target state quantity which is a state quantity varying depending on a load of gas flowing into the vacuum pump, based on at least one of past target state quantities of the target vacuum pump or another vacuum pump; and a comparison unit configured to compare a current target state quantity of the target vacuum pump with the normal variation range or the normal time variation behavior and output the comparison result.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus detecting presence or absence of abnormality of a vacuum pump derived from a product produced within a target vacuum pump, including: a determination unit configured to determine a normal variation range or a normal time variation behavior of a target state quantity which is a state quantity varying depending on a load of gas flowing into the vacuum pump, based on at least one of past target state quantities of the target vacuum pump or another vacuum pump; and a comparison unit configured to compare a current target state quantity of the target vacuum pump with the normal variation range or the normal time variation behavior and output the comparison result.

Abstract: The fluorescent lamp has a bulb formed by lead-free glass having an ultraviolet ray transmission factor of 40% or less at 300 nm or less, mercury gas and rare gas sealed in the glass bulb, a phosphor layer formed on the inner wall of the glass bulb, and a pair of discharge electrodes for causing discharge in the glass bulb and the lead-free glass contains an ultraviolet ray reduction material for absorbing or reflecting ultraviolet rays generated from the fluorescent lamp and can reduce ultraviolet rays to 40% or less at a wavelength of 300 nm or less.

Abstract: A fluorescent lamp includes a light-transmitting envelope, means for generating a discharge within envelope, a discharge sustaining fill contained in envelope for emitting ultraviolet rays during the lamp operation and a phosphor layer coated on an inner surface of envelope. The phosphor layer converts the ultraviolet rays into visible light and ultraviolet radiation within a wavelength range of 320 nm to 410 nm so as to have radiant flux ratio of ultraviolet radiation of 5 to 50 percent of the entire radiant flux of the lamp.

Abstract: A fluorescent lamp including, a bulb having an outer surface and an inner surface, discharge gas contained in the bulb and generating ultraviolet rays by a discharge thereof, a pair of electrodes provided to the bulb for generating the discharge, a phosphor film formed on the inner surface of the bulb and having a non-uniform thickness thereof, and an ultraviolet suppressing film for suppressing the ultraviolet rays formed to be faced with the phosphor film, characterized in that the ultraviolet suppressing film has non-uniform ability for suppressing ultraviolet rays penetrating the phosphor film in accordance with portions thereof to decrease the difference in the intensity of the ultraviolet rays emitted from the ultraviolet suppressing film.

Abstract: A film consisting of a fine powder of zinc oxide and titanium oxide and an inorganic binder is formed on the outer surface of a light source. The fine powder serves as an absorbent for ultraviolet radiation emitted from the light source. The film is formed on the outer surface by spraying a coating agent prepared by dispersing the above components in an organic solvent on the outer surface of the light source and heating and drying the coating agent.

Abstract: Disclosed is a halophosphate phosphor activated with divalent europium, which is represented by the formula:M.sub.5-a X(PO.sub.4).sub.3 :Eu.sup.2+ (a),RE(b),wherein M represents three alkaline earth metals consisting of barium, calcium and magnesium; X represents at least one of fluorine, chlorine and bromine; RE represents at least one of rare earth elements selected from the group consisting of ytterbium, neodymium, samarium, dysprosium, holmium and thulium; and a and b each represent a positive number of less than 5.Disclosed is also a fluorescent lamp which comprises a glass tube and a mixture of a halophosphate phosphor activated with divalent europium represented by the above formula and a strontium-magnesium orthophosphate phosphor activated with tin represented by the formula: (Sr,Mg).sub.3 (PO.sub.4).sub.2 :Sn, the mixture being coated on inside wall of the glass tube.